The following is from Ahmed Saadawi'’s novel, Frankenstein in Baghdad. Junk collector Hadi is creating a corpse from body parts he's found around Baghdad; but after an unexpected death, it's the spirit of Hasib Mohamed Jaafar that embodies the assembled corpse. Ahmed Saadawi won the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for Frankenstein in Baghdad. He is the first Iraqi author to win the prize.

Hasibwent backto the hotelgateandlooked atthe largeholethesuicidebomberhadmadewithhistruck bomb. He recognizedhisburnedboots butcouldn’tfind hisbody. Helooked inallthestreets andinFirdausSquare, then went toTahrirSquareandsawbirdsperchedonthebronze figures that make up the LibertyMonument.Thenitoccurredto him togotothecemetery.